Hello. im new to the site, Im a Nissan/Infiniti guy so I need your help, I just purchased a 95 SHO, the car is beautiful no dings, paint looks great, 1 owner, Im just trying to find out what problems I should be looking for, I see people are replacing the rod bearings and cant understand why that would be with a lot of the guys showing that it was done at or around 100k, any way the car is an auto and has 126k on it, im gonna flush the coolant system change the brake and power steering fluid, and also flush my tranny and fill with mobile1, any help would be appreciated as I am planning on just driving it and not doing too many mods, already got a Q45 with a ton of stuff done too it so I cant have to projects going ( wife is ****** as it is)Thanks for your help.
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Machspeed
Former 1991+ owner
Get a tune up. 60k, plugs wires, plugs, sensors water pump and some other stuff. Check out shotimes.com
olympic
SHO Member
The rod bearings are replaced as a precaution. Some last less than 100k, others will go 200k+. It's just better to replace them before one of them spins and ruins the crank. They're cheap and can be replaced without removing the engine.
As mentioned above, SHO's require a valve gapping and timing belt replacement every 60k miles. Try and find out if yours was ever done. Not many people know about this service(including Ford dealers) so it's rarely done. Plugs, wires, water pump, etc are usually replaced at the same time. www.shotimes.com has all the info you'll need.
As mentioned above, SHO's require a valve gapping and timing belt replacement every 60k miles. Try and find out if yours was ever done. Not many people know about this service(including Ford dealers) so it's rarely done. Plugs, wires, water pump, etc are usually replaced at the same time. www.shotimes.com has all the info you'll need.
The car has 126K, did I get myself into somethin huge or what, I really like the car and dont mind doing some work on it, but I dont want a money pit, I paid $2800 for it, was that too much? Im waiting for the old owner to call me back about a couple of the things you guys mentioned, asked him if he did the 60k service and was the valves adjusted, said he had paperwork and would call me back, im located in Vernon, Thanks
As of right now I'm located in Storrs, CT on the UCONN campus. Vernon is about 10 minutes away. If you'd like I can swing down and check the car out to determine what might need to be done as well as see if she's running like a SHO should be. Feel free to give me a call 203-305-4998
~Alex
~Alex
